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66th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 2009

66th Venice International Film Festival

Italian film festival in 2009

FieldValue
name66th Venice International Film Festival
imageVeniceFilmFestival66poster.jpg
captionFestival poster
openingBaarìa
closingChengdu, I Love You
locationVenice, Italy
founded1932
awardsGolden Lion:
Lebanon
hostMaria Grazia Cucinotta
date2–12 September 2009
websiteWebsite
chronologyVenice Film Festival
preceded_by65th
followed_by67th

Lebanon

66th Venice International Film Festival

The 66th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 2 to 12 September 2009, at Venice Lido in Italy.

Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee was the jury president for the main competition. Italian actress Maria Grazia Cucinotta was the Host of the opening and closing ceremonies. The Golden Lion was awarded to Lebanon by Samuel Maoz.

The festival opened with Baarìa by Giuseppe Tornatore, and the closed with Chengdu, I Love You by Fruit Chan and Cui Jian.

Juries

Main competition (''Venezia 66'')

  • Ang Lee, Taiwanese filmmaker and producer - Jury President
  • Sergei Bodrov, Russian filmmaker and producer
  • Sandrine Bonnaire, French actress and filmmaker
  • Liliana Cavani, Italian filmmaker
  • Joe Dante, American director, producer, editor and actor
  • Anurag Kashyap, Indian director, writer, producer and actor
  • Luciano Ligabue, Italian director, writer and singer-songwriter

''[[Orizzonti]]''

  • Pere Portabella, Spanish politician, director, and producer - Jury President
  • Bady Minck, Luxembourger filmmaker and artist
  • Gina Kim, South Korean filmmaker and academic
  • Garin Nugroho, Indonesian director
  • Gianfranco Rosi, Italian director, cinematographer, producer and screenwriter

''Opera Prima'' ("''Luigi de Laurentiis''" Award for a Debut Film)

  • Haile Gerima, Ethiopian filmmaker - Jury President
  • Ramin Bahrani, American director and screenwriter
  • Gianni Di Gregorio, Italian director, screenwriter and actor
  • Antoine Fuqua, American director and producer
  • Sam Taylor-Wood, English filmmaker and photographer

''Corto-Cortissimo'' (Short Film Competition)

  • Stuart Gordon, American filmmaker, theater director and playwright - Jury President
  • Steve Ricci, Italian cinematographer, screenwriter and editor
  • Sitora Alieva, Russian artistic director of the International Film Festival Kinotav

Controcampo Italiano

  • Carlo Lizzani, Italian director, screenwriter and critic - Jury President
  • Giulio Questi, Italian director and screenwriter
  • Marina Sanna, Italian chief editor of cinema magazine

Official Sections

In Competition

The following films were selected for the main competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Accident意外Cheang Pou-SoiChina(Hong Kong)
Around a Small Mountain36 vues du pic Saint-LoupJacques RivetteFrance, Italy
Baarìa (opening film)Giuseppe TornatoreItaly, France
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New OrleansWerner HerzogUnited States
Between Two WorldsAhasin WeteiVimukthi JayasundaraSri Lanka, France
The Big DreamIl grande sognoMichele PlacidoItaly, France
Capitalism: A Love StoryMichael MooreUnited States
The Double HourLa doppia oraGiuseppe CapotondiItaly
GrandmotherLolaBrillante MendozaFrance, Philippines
*Lebanon*Samuel MaozIsrael, France, Germany, United Kingdom
Life During WartimeTodd SolondzUnited States
LourdesJessica HausnerAustria
Mr NobodyJaco Van DormaelBelgium, Canada, France, Germany
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye DoneWerner HerzogUnited States
PersécutionPatrice ChéreauFrance
Prince of Tears淚王子YonfanTaiwan
The RoadJohn HillcoatUnited States
A Single ManTom Ford
Soul KitchenFatih AkınGermany
Survival of the DeadGeorge A. RomeroCanada, United States
Tetsuo: The Bullet ManTetsuo ProjectShinya TsukamotoJapan
The TravellerالمسافرAhmad MaherEgypt, Italy
White MaterialClaire DenisFrance
The White SpaceLo spazio biancoFrancesca ComenciniItaly
Women Without MenZanan-e bedun-e mardanShirin NeshatGermany, Austria, France, Italy, Ukraine, Morocco

Out of Competition

The following films were selected to be screened out of competition:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production country
Brooklyn's FinestAntoine FuquaUnited States
Chengdu, I Love You (closing film)成都我爱你Fruit Chan and Cui JianChina
Delhi-6Rakeysh Omprakash MehraIndia
Dev.DAnurag Kashyap
Great DirectorsAngela IsmailosUnited States
Green DaysRuzhaye SabzHana MakhmalbafIran
GulaalगुलालAnurag KashyapIndia
The HoleJoe DanteUnited States
The Informant!Steven Soderbergh
The Men Who Stare at GoatsGrant Heslov
Napoli, Napoli, NapoliAbel FerraraItaly
L'oro di CubaGiuliano Montaldo
Rambo (director's cut)Sylvester StalloneUnited States
REC 2Jaume Balagueró, Paco PlazaSpain
The Red ShadowsLe ombre rosseFrancesco MaselliItaly
Rehearsal for a Sicilian TragedyProve per una tragedia sicilianaRoman Paska, John Turturro
Scheherazade, Tell Me a Storyإحكي يا شهرزادYousry NasrallahEgypt
South of the BorderOliver StoneUnited States
Valhalla RisingNicolas Winding RefnDenmark, United Kingdom
Yona Yona PenguinよなよなペンギンRintaroJapan, France

''Corto Cortissimo'' (Short Film Competition)

The following films were selected for the Corto Cortissimo (Short film competition) section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionOut of CompetitionSpecial Events
FelicitàSalome AleksiGeorgia
The KinematographKinematografTomek BaginskiPoland
I Know There’s a ManSo Che C'è Un UomoGianclaudio CappaiItaly
This Is Earth, My BrotherTo je zemljia, brat mojJan CvitkovičSlovenia, Italy
Still BirdsAlle FuglerSara EliassenNorway
BlissO Teu SorrisoPedro FreireBrazil
The GameIl GiocoAdriano GianniniItaly
Object #1Murad IbragimbekovRussia
GirllikemeRowland JobsonUnited Kingdom
*Firstborn**Eersgeborene*Etienne KallosSouth Africa, United States
Mom’S VacationUmma-E HugaKwang-Bok KimSouth Korea
StorageDavid LeaUnited Kingdom
Of Clouds and HandsNuvole, ManiSimone MassiFrance
SinnerMeni PhilipIsrael
Family JewelsMartin StittUnited States, United Kingdom
For TwoEr RenShijie TanSingapore
BicycleJitenshaDean YamadaJapan, United States
KingyoEdmund YeoJapan, Malaysia
Plastic Bag (Opening film)Ramin BahraniUnited States
The It.Aliens (Closing Film)Clemens Klopfenstein, Lukas KlopfensteinItaly, Switzerland
RecordareLeonardo Carrano, Alessandro PierattiniItaly
The City in the SkyLa città nel cieloGiacomo CiminiUnited Kingdom, Italy
The Second FamilyLa seconda famigliaAlberto Dall'AraItaly
EarthTzu Nyen HoSingapore
RadioRiccardo PuglieseUnited States, Italy
WarUerraPaolo SassanelliItaly
A la lune montanteAnnarita ZambranoFrance

''[[Orizzonti]]''

The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryHorizons Events
1428Haibin DuChina
AdriftChoi voiBui Thac ChuyenVietnam
Bets and Wedding DressesTris di donne & abiti nuzialiVincenzo TerraccianoItaly
Buried SecretsDowahaRaja AmariTunisia
*Clash**Engkwentro*Pepe DioknoPhilippines
The Color of WordsIl colore delle paroleMarco Simon PuccioniItaly
Cow斗牛Guan HuChina
CrushKorotkoe zamykaniePyotr Buslov, Alexei German Jr., Boris Khlebnikov, Kirill Serebrennikov, Ivan VyrypaevRussia
Francesca (Opening film)Bobby PaunescuRomania
I Am LoveIo sono l'amoreLuca GuadagninoItaly
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love YouViajo porque preciso, volto porque te amoMarcelo Gomes, Karim AïnouzBrazil
Judge透析Jie LiuChina
The Man’s Woman and Other StoriesAadmi ki Aurat Aur Anya KahaniyaAmit DuttaIndia
The Movie Orgy - Ultimate VersionJoe DanteUnited States
Once Upon a Time Proletarian曾经的无产者Xiaolu GuoChina
The One All AloneFrank SchefferNetherlands
One-ZeroWahed-SefrKamla Abou ZekryEgypt
ParaisoHéctor GálvezPeru
PeppermintaPipilotti RistSwitzerland
Repo ChickAlex CoxUnited States
SunstrokeInsolaçãoFelipe Hirsch, Daniela ThomasBrazil
Tender ParasitesZarte ParasitenChristian Becker, Oliver SchwabeGermany
TotòPeter SchreinerAustria
VillalobosRomuald KarmakarGermany
Woman on Fire Looks for WaterWoo Ming JinMalaysia, South Korea
Armando Testa - Povero ma modernoPappi CorsicatoItaly
The MarriagePeter GreenawayItaly, Spain
Reading Book of Blockade''Chitaem 'Blokadnuju knigu'''Alexander SokurovRussia
The Death of PentheusPhilip HaasUnited States
La BohèmeWerner HerzogUnited Kingdom
Faces of SeoulSeo-wool eui ul-gulGina KimUnited States, South Korea
Hugo en AfriqueStefano KnuchelSwitzerland
Via della croceSerena NonoItaly
Mudanza (short)Pere PortabellaSpain
Deserto rosa. Luigi GhirriElisabetta SgarbiItaly
La Danse: The Paris Opera BalletLa danse - Le ballet de l'Opéra de ParisFrederick WisemanFrance, United States
Cock-CrowDavid Zamagni, Nadia RanocchiItaly
Daimon

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]

As part of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement 2009, which was conferred to John Lasseter and the Directors of Disney-Pixar, the following American animation films were presented:

  • The Incredibles by Brad Bird
  • Up by Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
  • Toy Story 3-D by John Lasseter
  • Toy Story 2 3-D by John Lasseter, Lee Unkrich, Ash Brannon
  • Finding Nemo by Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich

''Cortocampo Italiano''

The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
CosmonautCosmonautaSusanna Nicchiarelli
David's BirthdayIl CompleannoMarco Filiberti
Giuseppe De SantisCarlo Lizzani
Hollywood on the TiberHollywood sul TevereMarco Spagnoli
In the EyesNegli occhiFrancesco Del Grosso, Daniele Anzellotti
The LittleIl PiccoloMaurizio Zaccaro
PoetsPoetiToni D'Angelo
Sputnik 5Susanna Nicchiarelli
Ten WintersDieci InverniValerio Mieli

Italian Retrospective: These Phantoms 2

For this retrospective section on Italian cinema, 39 feature and 26 short films were screened, including documentaries. The films were mainly from the period 1946 - 1971, with a few only films going back to the 1930s and reaching up to 2009.

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)
Accidenti alla guerra!... (1948)Giorgio Simonelli
Break Up (1965)L'uomo dei cinque palloniMarco Ferreri
Carmen di Trastevere (1963)Carmine Gallone
Death of a Friend (1959)Morte di un amicoFranco Rossi
Dreams Die at Dawn (1961)I sogni muoiono all'albaIndro Montanelli, Enrico Gras, Mario Craveri
Easy Years (1953)Anni faciliLuigi Zampa
Un eroe del nostro tempo (1960)Sergio Capogna
The Flame That Will Not Die (1949)La Fiamma che non si spegneVittorio Cottafavi
Galileo (1968)Liliana Cavani
Girl in the Window (1961)La ragazza in vetrinaLuciano Emmer
The Great War (1959)La grande guerraMario Monicelli
House of Ricordi (1954)Casa RicordiCarmine Gallone
Hurricane Rosy (1979)Temporale RosyMario Monicelli
The Invisible Ones (1988)Gli InvisibiliPasquale Squitieri
Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970)Uccidete il vitello grasso e arrostiteloSalvatore Samperi
Love in Rome (1960)Un amore a RomaDino Risi
The Lovemakers (1961)La viacciaMauro Bolognini
Margherita and Her Three Uncles (1942)Margherita fra i treIvo Perilli
The Naked Hours (1964)Le ore nudeMarco Vicario
Nerosubianco (1968)Tinto Brass
Noi cannibali (1953)Antonio Leonviola
One Between the Crowd (1946)Uno tra la follaEnnio Cerlesi, Piero Tellini
Princess Cinderella (1941)Cenerentola e il Signor BonaventuraSergio Tofano
A Quiet Place in the Country (1969)Un tranquillo posto di campagnaElio Petri
The Reunion (1963)La RimpatriataDamiano Damiani
The Ship of Condemned Women (1954)La nave delle donne maledetteRaffaello Matarazzo
Stories in the Sand (1963)Storie sulla sabbiaRiccardo Fellini
The Stranger's Hand (1954)La mano dello stranieroMario Soldati
Il tramontana (1965)Adriano Barbano
Tre nel mille (1971)Franco Indovina
The Wanderers (1956)I girovaghiHugo Fregonese
Women Without Names (1950)Donne senza nomeGéza von Radványi

Independent Sections

Venice International Film Critics' Week

The following films were selected for the 24th International Film Critics' Week:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionOut of competition
Cafe NoirKa-pe-neu-wa-reuJung Sung-ilSouth Korea
A Rational SolutionDet enda rationellaJörgen BergmarkSweden
DomainDomainePatric ChihaFrance, Austria
CrawfishlikeKakrakiIlya DemichevRussia
FoxesLištičkyMira FornayCzech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland
*Tehroun**Téhéran*Nader T. HomayounFrance, Iran
Metropia (opening film)Tarik SalehSweden
The Pothole (closing film)ChalehAli KarimIran
VideocracyErik GandiniSweden

Venice Days

The following films were selected for the 6th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section:

English titleOriginal titleDirector(s)Production countryIn competitionOut of competition
The ApeApanJesper GanslandtSweden
Barking WaterSterlin HarjoUnited States
Blood and RainLa sangre y la lluviaJorge NavasColombia, Argentina
Cell 211Celda 211Daniel MonzónSpain, France
Desert FlowerSherry HormannUnited Kingdom, Germany, Austria, France
Fat PeopleGordosDaniel Sánchez ArévaloSpain
FranceFranciaIsrael Adrián CaetanoArgentina
HarragasMerzak AllouacheAlgeria, France
HoneymoonsGoran PaskaljevicSerbia, Albania
The HordeLa hordeYannick Dahan, Benjamin RocherFrance
Hymn to LoveL’amore e bastaStefano ConsiglioItaly
I'm Glad My Mother Is AliveJe suis heureux que ma mere soit vivanteClaude Miller, Nathan MillerFrance
*The Last Days of Emma Blank**De laatste Dagen van Emma Blank*Alex van WarmerdamNetherlands
Mille giorni di VitoElisabetta PandimiglioItaly
Poetry, You See MePoesia che mi guardiMarina Spada
Silent VoiceQu’un seul tienne et les autres suivrontLéa FehnerFrance
What Do You Know About MeDi me cosa ne saiValerio JalongoItaly
Ragazze la vita tremaPaola SangiovanniItaly
The Magliari (1959)I magliariFrancesco RosiItaly, France
Teat Beat of SexSigne BaumaneUnited States
VideocracyErik GandiniSweden
Vittorio DMario Canale, Annarosa MorriItaly

Official Awards

In competition (''Venezia 66'')

  • Golden Lion: Lebanon by Samuel Maoz
  • Silver Lion for Best Director: Shirin Neshat for Women Without Men
  • Special Jury Prize: Soul Kitchen by Fatih Akin
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Colin Firth for A Single Man
  • Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Kseniya Rappoport for The Double Hour
  • Marcello Mastroianni Award: Jasmine Trinca for The Big Dream
  • Golden Osella for Outstanding Technical Contribution: Sylvie Olivé for Mr. Nobody
  • Golden Osella for Best Screenplay: Todd Solondz for Life During Wartime

Horizons (''Orizzonti'')

  • Best Film: Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno
  • Best Documentary: 1428 by Haibin Du
    • Special mention: The Man's Woman and Other Stories by Amit Dutta

Luigi De Laurentis Award for a Debut Film

  • Engkwentro by Pepe Diokno

Short Film Competition (''Corto Cortissimo'')

  • Best Short Film: Firstborn by Etienne Kallos
  • Venice Nomination to the European Film Awards 2009: Sinner by Meni Philip
    • Special mention: Felicità by Salomé Aleksi

Controcampo Italiano

  • Best Feature Film: Cosmonaut by Susanna Nicchiarelli
    • Special Mention: In the Eyes by Francesco Del Grosso, Daniele Anzellotti

[[Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement]]

  • John Lasseter

Special awards

  • Jaeger-Le Coultre Glory to the Filmmaker Award: Sylvester Stallone
  • Persol 3-D Award for Best Stereoscopic Film: The Hole by Joe Dante (Out of competition)

Independent Sections Awards

Venice International Film Critics' Week

  • "Region of Veneto for quality cinema" Award: Tehroun by Takmil Homayoun Nader
  • Future Film Festival Digital Award: Metropia by Tarik Saleh
    • Special Mention: Up by Pete Docter

Venice Days (''[[Giornate degli Autori|Giornati degli Autori]]'')

  • Label Europa Cinemas Award: The Last Days of Emma Blank by Alex van Warmerdam

Independent Awards

The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official selection:

[[FIPRESCI|FIPRESCI Award]]

  • Best Film (Main competition): Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
  • Best Film (Horizons): Adrift by Bui Thac Chuyen

[[Queer Lion]]

  • A Single Man by Tom Ford

[[SIGNIS|SIGNIS Award]]

  • Lourdes by Jessica Hausner
    • Special mention: Lebanon by Samuel Maoz

Francesco Pasinetti Award (SNGCI)

  • Best Film: The White Space by Francesca Comencini
  • Best Director: Giuseppe Tornatore for Baarìa
  • Best Actor: Filippo Timi for The Double Hour
  • Best Actress: Margherita Buy for The White Space
    • Special award: Riccardo Scamarcio for The Big Dream
    • Special award: Armando Testa – Povero ma moderno by Pappi Corsicato

Leoncino d'oro Agiscuola Award

  • Capitalism: A Love Story by Michael Moore

La Navicella – Venezia Cinema Award

  • Lourdes by Jessica Hausner

C.I.C.T. UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award

  • The Traveller by Ahmad Maher

UNICEF Award

  • Women Without Men by Shirin Neshat

Christopher D. Smithers Foundation Special Award

  • Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans by Werner Herzog

Biografilm Lancia Award

  • Best Fiction Film: Mr. Nobody by Jaco Van Dormael
  • Best Documentary: In the Eyes by Francesco Del Grosso & Daniele Anzellotti

Brian Prize by [[Italian Union of Rationalist Atheists and Agnostics|UAAR]]

  • Lourdes by Jessica Hausner

Lanterna Magica Award (Cgs)

  • Cosmonauta by Susanna Nicchiarelli

FEDIC Award

  • The White Space by Francesca Comencini
    • Special Mention: What Do You Know About Me by Valerio Jalongo

Arca Cinemagiovani Awards

  • Best Film: Soul Kitchen by Fatih Akin
  • Best Italian Film: The Double Hour by Giuseppe Capotondi

Lina Mangiacapre Award

  • Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story by Yousry Nasrallah

Air For Film Fest Award

  • The White Space by Francesca Comencini

Open Award 2009

  • Capitalism: A love story by Michael Moore

Gianni Astrei Award

  • The White Space by Francesca Comencini

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